Barnes Film Festival and The Cinema in the Power Station in Battersea are thrilled to present this year's Academy Award Nominated Live Action Shorts on Monday 6th March ahead of the award ceremony on 13th March.

Tickets are just £5 and include a complimentary glass of bubbles from The Emissary

IVALU (Denmark, 16min, 2022) Directors: Anders Walter, Pipaluk K. Jørgensen

Ivalu is gone. Her little sister is desperate to find her. Her father does not care. The vast Greenlandic nature holds secrets. Where is Ivalu?

NIGHT RIDE (NATTRIKKEN) (Norway, 15min, 2020) Director: Eirik Tveiten

It is a cold night in December. As Ebba waits for the tram, an unexpected turn of events transforms the ride home into something she was not expecting.

LE PUPILLE (Italy/USA, 37min, 2022) Director: Alice Rohrwacher

From writer and director, Alice Rohrwacher, and Academy Award® winning producer, Alfonso Cuarón, "Le Pupille" is a tale of innocence, greed and fantasy. This live action short is about desires, pure and selfish, about freedom and devotion, and about the anarchy that is capable of flowering in the minds of girls within the confines of a strict religious boarding school at Christmas.

THE RED SUITCASE (Luxembourg, 18min, 2022) Director: Cyrus Neshvad

An Iranian girl decides to remove her Headscarf/Hijab in a life changing situation.

AN IRISH GOODBYE (Ireland, 23min, 2022) Directors: Tom Berkeley, Ross White

On a farm in rural Northern Ireland, estranged brothers Turlough and Lorcan are forced to reunite following the untimely death of their mother.

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